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CM18G - IMS Transaction Manager Application Programming

Overview

Duration: 2 days

Learn how to write application programs that use Data Language One (DL/I) to process terminal input and output messages in an Information Management System / Data Communications (IMS/DC) system.

Objectives

Modify an IMS batch DL/I application program to function in an IMS/DC environment: receiving a message from a terminal and sending output messages to terminals
Handle the exception conditions that may occur using DL/I functions
Work with Scratch Pad Areas (SPA) in an IMS-conversational program
Understand the application program considerations in using Message Format Services (MFS) and the system service functions data structures

Content

IMS TM System Overview
Message Processing Programming
Get/Send Terminal Data
Message Format Services (MFS)
Create and use MFS control blocks
IMS/TM Additional Facilities

Audience

This intermediate course is for individuals responsible for writing programs in Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL), or Programming Language One (PL/I) using DL/I to communicate with terminals in an IMS/DC system.